Quit Smoking

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So I have been thinking about it for awhile, and finally about a week ago, I had reached the point, my mind and body agreed it was time to quit smoking.

I did some research and found out which smokes contained the least tar and nicotine. I was shocked to discover they had almost 20 times less than what I was currently smoking. So I made the switch.

Day 0 - Switched from my usual smokes to low tar / nicotine smokes.
Day 1 - I was smoking less and craving less.
Day 2 - The trend continued and I was going 3+ hours without craving a smoke.
Day 3 - Started to feel like I could breath better.
Day 4 - No Smokes and feeling very positive.

I have tried to quit before, and it has been a struggle. I am left wondering if the lower nicotine / tar cigarettes helped me on my journey, or the fact that I was just so ready to quit is what made all the difference.

Smoking in Australia has become insanely expensive, and thinking about all the things that could be done with that money instead of smoking it away and that is at the front of my mind and I won't lie, as I am actually happy these days, I am not to keen on dying... i'd like to stay alive now that my life is good.

The medication I take Welbutrin is suppose to help with quitting smoking, gets rid of cravings. There are probably other medications that do this too, I don't know how hard it is to quit but maybe some sort of medication would help. Good luck!

I tried champix once...

Won't be doing that again! I was seeing things, had awful stomach cramps.

I don't feel I will need "medication", I am feeling strong and positive.

I've never really been a smoker so I don't know how nicotine addiction feels but I did use to drink quite a bit and I'd have moments I'd have these insane cravings almost a need for a drink because that was how I self-medicated at that time. I had these cravings for quite awhile after I quit drinking all the way until I started welbutrin which isn't why I am taking it but just one of side effects. I prefer it to other antidepressants as it is not an SSRI and is pretty well tolerated with few bothersome effects. I've lost a lot of weight on it, that makes me tho and other than I don't know. It definitely gives a lot of energy and helps with concentration.

If you can do it on your own then more power to you!

Congratulations!

Thank you I also believe posting here will help keep me strong, even if I stumbled I'm still committed to quiting, and my journey may help others find the strength of they wish to do so.

Yeah, Champix is meant more for a last resort sort of thing. I'd say you were probably just ready. I'll be 4 years cigarette free on August 7th! I found the nicotine gum helped. The hardest part for me was going to work though. I had a stressful job at the time, so it was the hardest place for me to be as far as cravings went. The gum helped me with while I was there(although I'd be careful for those thinking of using it--a couple of times I chewed it like normal gum because I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing, and it made me pretty nauseous), but I didn't even end up using all of the gum. After about a week I found I didn't need it anymore. The first few days are always the hardest. From there, it just keeps getting easier, so congratulations to you!

Wow congratulations. Now if only my dad were as patient and as tough as you when it comes to quitting smoking.

That's great i'm also trying to quit smoking and it's really really hard ^^
Best of luck to you